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difficulty experienced in obtainino- sufficient supplies of rinder¬ 
pest blood for fortifying purposes.” 
Has This Man Contracted Rinderpest? —“ Information 
has been received from a reliable authority in Port Elizabeth 
(says the Telegraph) to the effect that a farmer named Uriel, of 
Fort Peddie district, is exhibiting clear symptoms of rinderpest. 
It appears he was inoculating some cattle, and a thorn got into 
his hand, which caused some difficulty in extricating, to facili¬ 
tate which Mr. Uriel used the knife with which he had been 
inoculating. Some symptoms of an alarming nature presented 
themselves, and in fact Mr. Uriel is, we hear, in a precarious 
state.”— {U'Titata \South Africa^ Herald^ Nov. 2"^.) 
The New York County Veterinary Medical Associa¬ 
tion at its last meeting agitated the question of extending its 
usefulness and increasing its membership, and in obedience to a 
resolution President Huidekoper appointed the following Com¬ 
mittee of Ways and Means for the Advancement of the Associa¬ 
tion : Dr. Roscoe R. Bell (Chairman), and Drs. Gill, Ryder, 
J. S. Cattanach, and Farley. It is proposed to have a specially 
interesting session on March 2. Veterinarians are always wel¬ 
come, and with the vast territory under its jurisdiction its meet¬ 
ings should always be of a high order and the attendance larp-e. 
Fighting Tuberculosis in Norway. —The system fol¬ 
lowed is the same as that of Denmark. The state takes under 
its charge the cost of the tuberculin and the salaries of the vet¬ 
erinarians employed. In the year 1895-96 about $7000 (34,666 
francs) were spent. In 1896-97 a little less (33,333 francs); 
for the year 1897-98, 65,666 francs have been appropriated. The 
results obtained have been very satisfactory. On October 31, 
1896, tuberculin has been used on 30,787 bovines in 2195 
stables. Tuberculosis is less prevalent than in Denmark. 26.1 
per cent, of the stables are infected, the proportion of dis¬ 
eased animals is 8.4 per cent. While animals less than six months 
old give only i.^^per cent, of disease, the percentage rises to 
3.4 for animals from six months to one year old, to 7.9 in those 
of one to five, and to 10.3 above five years old. 
Veterinarians oe Pennsylvania. —Mr. Jno. J. Repp, of 
the University of Pennsylvania, Veterinary Department, has 
been engaged in the compilation of a record of the veterinarians 
of that State. He has given the result of his investigations 
through an article in the January Jour, of Comp. Med. a7id Vet. 
Arch.^ and the salient figures are as follows : There appear on 
